Dominic Stephan Stricker and Rinky Hijikata will face off in the quarter of the Columbus 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 4. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dominic Stephan Stricker who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dominic Stephan Stricker is the pick to win this match.
Dominic Stephan Stricker -> 1.47
Rinky Hijikata -> 2.6
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Prediction and head to head Dominic Stephan Stricker vs. Rinky Hijikata
There is no head to head record between Dominic Stephan Stricker and Rinky Hijikata since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Dominic Stephan Stricker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 126, Stephan Stricker reached the quarter after beating Patrick Kypson 6-2 6-4 and Benjamin Lock 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Dominic had a good straight sets win against Lock (6-3 6-2). During the match, Stephan Stricker scored 58 points vs Lock’s 38. The Swiss was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Stephan Stricker fired 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dominic Stephan Stricker lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Stephan Stricker put 63% of his first serves in, winning 67% (20/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 83% (15/18) on the 2nd serve. Dominic broke Lock 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dominic hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Stephan Stricker has a winning record in the last 5 years having won 58% of his matches (61-44). 13-5 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Stephan Stricker has an overall28-13 win-loss record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Dominic’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Columbus Challenger,the Cleveland Challenger and the Zug Challenger.
The Swiss has an overall 28-19 win-loss record in 2022, 13-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus 2 Challenger
The Swiss has never competed in this tournament before.
Rinky Hijikata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-33 | 29-21 | 1-6 | 1-1 | 5-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-34 | 37-23 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 9-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 53-29 | 37-19 | 2-2 | 10-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-13 | 31-9 | 9-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 211, Rinky reached the quarter after defeating Nathan Ponwith 6-1 6-4 and Justin Boulais 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Hijikata had a good straight sets win against Boulais (6-4 6-4). During the match Hijikata scored 78 points vs Boulais’s 72. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Hijikata blasted 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Rinky Hijikata was exceptionally effective on serve to win 71% (29/41) of his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Hijikata broke Boulais twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Hijikata hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
The Australian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Santo Domingo,M25 Bakersfield,M25 Calabasas and M25 Columbus.
Hijikata has a composed 43-22 win-loss record in 2022, 8-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Stephan Stricker | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 37 |
| Pts | 131-97 | 142-109 |
| Total Points | 228 | 251 |
| Winners | 52 | 51 |
| %Winners | 40% | 36% |
Both Stephan Stricker and Hijikata played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Stephan Stricker and Hijikata have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Stephan Stricker played 2 games less than Hijikata. Dominic scored 52 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian recorded 51 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Stephan Stricker | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 8.5 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 68/118 | 65/113 |
| %1st in | 58% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 52/68 | 51/65 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 29/50 | 30/48 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 63% |
Stephan Stricker made 17 aces (8.5 per match). Hijikata bagged 11 aces (5.5 per match). Stephan Stricker won 76% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Hijikata won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Stephan Stricker | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/12 | 5/16 |
| % Converted | 58% | 31% |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 86% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Stephan Stricker broke his opponents 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Dominic surrendered his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Rinky broke his opponents 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. Rinky was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Stephan Stricker | ||||
| R1 Kypson |
R2 Lock |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 | 35 | |
| pts | 73-59 | 58-38 | 131-97 | |
| Total points | 132 | 96 | 228 | |
| Winners | 32 | 20 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 34% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 7 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 38/70 | 30/48 | 68/118 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 63% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 32/38 | 20/30 | 52/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 67% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/32 | 15/18 | 29/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 83% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/5 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 80% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 2/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hijikata | ||||
| R1 Ponwith |
R2 Boulais |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 37 | |
| pts | 64-37 | 78-72 | 142-109 | |
| Total points | 101 | 150 | 251 | |
| Winners | 22 | 29 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 37% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 24/46 | 41/67 | 65/113 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 61% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 22/24 | 29/41 | 51/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 71% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/22 | 15/26 | 30/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 58% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 2/10 | 5/16 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 20% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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